Buyouts, non-solicits, and clean exits for coaches, coordinators, and front offices.
A veteran head coach at a competitive youth program running on a 1099 stipend for eight years, a new club opportunity with a real salary and defined benefits, and a payment history that told a different story than either party had written. We rebuilt the exit and the entry so the career step was real.
Read The Case Study →A collegiate video coordinator who built a proprietary film-breakdown tool on his own time, an employment agreement with a work-made-for-hire provision, a school administration wanting the tool post-departure, and no clear line between what the school paid him for and what he built himself. We drew the line.
Read The Case Study →A retiring Division I head coach with a career playbook, an unfinished book manuscript, a speaking-fee stream, and an estate plan that referenced "coaching materials" without a schedule. We built the IP schedule, the trust, and the licensing framework so the playbook became a manageable asset.
Read The Case Study →A general manager departing a professional sports organization with three years of deferred compensation on the books, an accrual schedule that did not match the operating budget, a change-of-control provision that had almost tripped on a prior ownership sale, and a departure timeline of sixty days. We reconciled the numbers and closed the exit clean.
Read The Case Study →A Division I head coaching offer at a top-half program, the coach's spouse working in that same athletic department in a compliance-adjacent role, a spouse-employment policy that had never been tested at the head-coach level, and a search committee ready to move. We built the framework the athletic department could live with.
Read The Case Study →A coordinator moving from one Power Conference program to a peer in a different conference, a non-solicit on staff and recruits that read like a court fight, a signing bonus that would need to be repaid at the wrong reading, and a compressed transition window. We turned the non-solicit into a workable perimeter.
Read The Case Study →A Division I position coach handed a coordinator offer at a peer program mid-season, a term sheet requiring an immediate signature, a current contract with an ambiguous notice provision, and a head coach with a right to make the exit painful. We ran the wind-down clean.
Read The Case Study →A head-coaching offer on a nine-day clock, a full buyout, and a non-solicit on staff and recruits. We turned the wall into a door.
Read The Case Study →A head coach moving between programs, a seven-figure employment agreement with a multi-year buyout, and an outside business he had built and wanted to keep running. We negotiated the contract and walled off the business.
Read The Case Study →A front-office executive moving from one professional sports organization to another, a base salary the market supported, and a non-compete clause that would have kept him out of the league for three years after termination. We rebuilt the contract around the offer.
Read The Case Study →These case studies are composites, drawn from the types of matters the firm handles. They do not depict any single client or engagement, and no confidential information is disclosed. Outcomes do not guarantee similar results.